Comments on: Scientists journey into an active volcano crater http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 17:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074184 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074184 Sam: What are you waiting for? Just let it go! Frodo: The ring is mine. Sam: What are you waiting for? Just let it go!

Frodo: The ring is mine.

]]> By: boo http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074185 boo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074185 Absolutely stunning photos, but that is what National Geographic does best. And before this I thought that the storm chasers were crazy ... Absolutely stunning photos, but that is what National Geographic does best.

And before this I thought that the storm chasers were crazy …

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074189 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074189 Bravery in the name of science... shouldn't they have like, a standard bearer or something? -Blaze Bravery in the name of science…
shouldn’t they have like, a standard bearer or something?

-Blaze

]]> By: RSFSmee http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1075729 RSFSmee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075729 Point 1: Am I the only one who is reminded very strongly of the album-art from Rick Wakeman's "Journey to the Center of the Earth?" Point 2: Proof of why we need to go to space --- geology needs to be done in person, even when it's ferociously perilous Point 3: Fantastic. These people really *do* need a medal. Point 1: Am I the only one who is reminded very strongly of the album-art from Rick Wakeman’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth?”

Point 2: Proof of why we need to go to space — geology needs to be done in person, even when it’s ferociously perilous

Point 3: Fantastic. These people really *do* need a medal.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074195 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074195 Amazing. That lava pool is incredible. Also, epic embark site. Amazing. That lava pool is incredible.

Also, epic embark site.

]]> By: Prufrock451 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074197 Prufrock451 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074197 I have the high ground! I have the high ground!

]]> By: Lumpmoose http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074208 Lumpmoose Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074208 Great pictures, but they're so dramatic that it's hard to tell what's going on. I recommend these to accompany them: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/02/nyiragongo_crater_journey_to_t.html Great pictures, but they’re so dramatic that it’s hard to tell what’s going on. I recommend these to accompany them: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/02/nyiragongo_crater_journey_to_t.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074469 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074469 There's really only one thing I can say in response to this. THE FLOOR IS LAVA. There’s really only one thing I can say in response to this.

THE FLOOR IS LAVA.

]]> By: joeposts http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074215 joeposts Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074215 He should get some buckets and build an obsidian farm. He should get some buckets and build an obsidian farm.

]]> By: phisrow http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074220 phisrow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074220 Badass; but I have to wonder if a cheap R/C quadrocopter might have been a better choice than an expensive and flammable geologist for sample gathering... Badass; but I have to wonder if a cheap R/C quadrocopter might have been a better choice than an expensive and flammable geologist for sample gathering…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1075014 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075014 Don't stand in the fire, noob. Don’t stand in the fire, noob.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074266 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074266 I suspect nothing cheap would be able to take the heat, approaching something hot from above is a bad idea and from the sound of it no robot could have gotten there horizontally. I suspect nothing cheap would be able to take the heat, approaching something hot from above is a bad idea and from the sound of it no robot could have gotten there horizontally.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074547 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074547 Did the CEO from Godaddy throw any live elephants into the lava while they were there? Did the CEO from Godaddy throw any live elephants into the lava while they were there?

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074298 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074298 Well, I guess there are many reasons people become geologists, but for many (including myself) one of the main reasons was to potentially have the chance to do stuff like this. If there was a choice between flying in an R/C helicopter or being able to relatively safely walk out there in person, 99% of geologists would choose to go in person. Geology field work is special - you go to extreme places not just because you can (like mountaineers and other extreme sports kinds of things), but for the advancement of scientific knowledge - *and* because you can :) That said, most geologists never have the opportunity to do any particularly cool field work, even if they want to. Well, I guess there are many reasons people become geologists, but for many (including myself) one of the main reasons was to potentially have the chance to do stuff like this. If there was a choice between flying in an R/C helicopter or being able to relatively safely walk out there in person, 99% of geologists would choose to go in person.

Geology field work is special – you go to extreme places not just because you can (like mountaineers and other extreme sports kinds of things), but for the advancement of scientific knowledge – *and* because you can :)

That said, most geologists never have the opportunity to do any particularly cool field work, even if they want to.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074299 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074299 That's a PHOTO?! I thought it was a drawing or painting or something! Amazing! That’s a PHOTO?!

I thought it was a drawing or painting or something! Amazing!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074828 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074828 No comment on the epic skull in the bottom right quarter of the photo, or how "Gon[e]" is written in the dark spots lava, across the center of the photo? And like, I'm not trying to be one of those "I found jesus in my burger" types. No comment on the epic skull in the bottom right quarter of the photo, or how “Gon[e]” is written in the dark spots lava, across the center of the photo? And like, I’m not trying to be one of those “I found jesus in my burger” types.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074584 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074584 Anon #13: LAAAAVVVVAAAA! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX9Qdf4P2yA The dance floor is lava too! Anon #13:

LAAAAVVVVAAAA!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX9Qdf4P2yA

The dance floor is lava too!

]]> By: Modusoperandi http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1075660 Modusoperandi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075660 Pbbt! That crater's not so active.<sup>*</sup> <small>* Punchline to Shaggy volcano story.</small> Pbbt! That crater’s not so active.*

* Punchline to Shaggy volcano story.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/scientists-journey-i.html#comment-1074172 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074172 Wouldn't it be easier to move the people? I'd say building a town in such an obviously bad spot wasn't such a good idea in the first place and trying to protect it is a losing proposition in the long run. Wouldn’t it be easier to move the people? I’d say building a town in such an obviously bad spot wasn’t such a good idea in the first place and trying to protect it is a losing proposition in the long run.

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